Posted on 05/21/2016 8:44:03 AM PDT by Kaslin
As noted in another piece on AT, the Washington Post on Friday published a poll that categorically demonstrates that Native Americans by a huge majority do not consider the moniker of Washington, D.C.’s football team – Redskins -- offensive. This should deal a substantial blow to the movement to force the team to change its name, which is now conclusively revealed to be made up of nothing more than a tiny minority of Native American activists supported by mainstream leftists Democrat politicians anxious to find yet another way to balkanize and divide the public. But don’t count on the mere fact that that the poll demonstrates that this is a non-issue stopping them.
The poll was commissioned by the Post, and came after years of agitation by activists, public declarations of Democrat politicians against the moniker (including President Obama), and action by the Patent and Trademark Office against the team. This suggests that the results actually understate the support and/or indifference of Native Americans for the team name. The Post, which editorially has also opposed the name, and whose reporters carefully avoid using it, clearly hoped that the new poll would reverse the findings of a 2003 poll which demonstrated the same lack of concern among Native Americans towards the name, but it clearly did not.
The Post deserves some credit for publishing what must have been disappointing results for its editors above the fold in this Friday’s edition. The newspaper is deeply invested in the “controversy” and has done much to stir it up, a fact evident in that no less than six articles were devoted to the poll in Friday’s paper (three in the main news section, one in Metro, two in Sports.)
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One of the Roosevelts took an interest in keeping the History of the Indians alive. That's when all the names evolved and their history was revived.
Being a warrior was a Pride thing....just about all the Indians cared about.
So be it.
The only “Indians” offended by the REDSKINS name are those honky Woodstock Indian princesses and honky drugstore Indians like Fauxchahontas Warren.
I guess you would say the Cowboys?
He’d be wrong. The cowgirls have won exactly one playoff game in the last 20 years. Mediocrity.
But if forced to do so by the courts or the league or heaven help us, by executive fiat from Obama, the team could switch their name to the Washington Redheads and, except for altering the colors some, they would be able to keep the same logo as they have now.
‘at’s a good one!
What hAppens to dems dat lives really close to the East Fork of da Virgin?
As a Cowboys fan, it gags me to correct you and say the Pittsburgh Stealers with 6 Lombardi trophies.
Figured this already, there’s a HS in Arizona that’s nearly 100% Native American and their team name is the Redskins and the kids like it.
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